Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Fearing supply shortfall, EU wants to buy more COVID vaccines – EU sources
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to raise more money to shore up its supplies of potential COVID-19 vaccines after estimating that the number of shots available nex...
Sep 18, 2020
Bostic: Inflation up to 2.3% ‘would be fine’ as long as it is stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Friday he would be paying closer attention to how fast inflation rises rather than its quarter to quarter level in implemen...
Sep 18, 2020
Queen Elizabeth formally strips Harvey Weinstein of his British honour
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has formally stripped Harvey Weinstein of his honorary award following his conviction for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an a...
Sep 18, 2020
Fed’s Kashkari wanted stronger commitment to delay rate hikes
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should have adopted more forceful forward guidance to return the U.S. economy to full strength, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, with a vow to de...
Sep 18, 2020
Lebanese firm under U.S. sanctions accuses Washington of choking economy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanon-based consulting company hit by U.S. sanctions said on Friday it was surprised by the move and accused Washington of seeking to choke the battered Lebanese economy. The Un...
Sep 18, 2020
Dozens of Hong Kong people write postcards to fugitives arrested by China
By Carol Mang and Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of people in Hong Kong braved heavy rain on Friday evening to write postcards to 12 fugitives arrested by China at sea last month to offer com...
Sep 18, 2020
EU countries told to develop best practices toolbox for fast telephony network
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Friday urged the 27-country bloc to come up with a best practices toolbox for rolling out fixed and mobile very high-capacity fibre and 5G networks aime...
Sep 18, 2020
Dutch register 1,972 new coronavirus cases, new 24-hour record – health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - There were 1,972 new coronavirus cases registered by Dutch health authorities in the past 24 hours, according to data published by health authorities on Friday, marking the fourt...
Sep 18, 2020
U.S. current account deficit surges 52.9% in second quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit soared to its highest level in nearly 12 years in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on the exports of goods and services. The ...
Sep 18, 2020
With tourists slow to return, Egypt’s resorts and ancient sites face tough winter
By Mahmoud Mourad and Nadeen Ebrahim CAIRO (Reuters) - At the Pyramids of Giza, just a handful of tourists walks among the ancient wonders. Twelve people showed up to admire Luxor's towering colonnade...
Sep 18, 2020
